Wow, What a 24 Hours!

As you all know by now, Missy is @ the AZ Burn Center. She was admitted last night (Monday). She had attempted to make us a wonderful dinner that she saw the cook on Semi Homemade on the Food Network make.It was tempura battered shrimp with a mayonnaise szechuan (sp) dipping sauce. Yum!! Well we didn't quite get that far! There was a terrible fire in the pan that she was heating the oil in. The flames were jumping two feet out of the pan. By the time I got to the kitchen she was standing there holding this pan, just frozen and screaming. The pan quickly dropped from her burning hands onto the floor, where she then slipped on the oil and fell into the hot oil. At that point, a fiery ball of flaming oil shot my way ( 6-8') where I caught on fire. By the time I put the fire out on me Missy had gotten up and was standing at the sink. The skin was just peeling back on her hands, that fast. We have a new hospital just about 5 minutes from the house so I got Missy into the car and we headed there. At the time that Missy fell into the oil and I was on fire, Phil came running down the hall (he had been in the shower). He ended up slipping and sliding in the hot oil trying to get the pot covered to get the flames covered and get the pot outside. Meanwhile the house was quickly filling with smoke and all of the smoke detectors were going off. We left him at home to get the smoke cleared and get the oil up as best he could so that Casey wouldn't get hurt. I pulled up to the hospital, threw the car in park and got Missy in ASAP. They got her back immediately. As I was parking that were also getting me admitted to Emergency as well. The Dr's working on Missy, quickly assessed that she needed more care than they could give her so they transported her by ambulance to the AZ Burn Center. Phil and Mike got to the hospital and waited for me to be checked and released, then we drove to downtown Phoenix, where Missy was. By the time we had gotten there, she was being treated. They cut off what dead skin they can before dressing her burns. We left around 2:30am, at that point the morphine seemed to be helping her. She woke up this morning with terrible anxiety about being there alone and in alot of pain. About 1pm today, they took her in for her first debrieing bath. That's where they scrub the burned area to make sure that they get to new skin. She has 2nd degree burns to 5% of her body. (face, neck, upper chest, knees, hands and forearms). The Dr's say that the burns to the face should heal completely over time. Her lower thumb and the area of the palm of the hand that the thumb leads into are the worst. Still a 2nd degree but, I believe they called it 2nd degree with hardness. These areas will involve skin grafting. I am told that burns will continue to "burn" the skin for 72 hrs. So today she could be at 2nd degree (24 hrs after the fire) but they could actually get worse after another 48 hrs go by. She may have surgery as early as Friday, but every shift, sort has it's own agenda, and slightly different story to tell. So we will just go with the flow and wait and see. She is in alot of pain, but they don't spare the pain meds. If she needs it they give it. Of course the IV injected meds help out a lot faster than the pills! I will try to keep everyone posted as I can. I will be at the hospital most of the time. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.